The following is one in a series of team profiles for the AAU Tournament, January 19-22, 2006:
Steve Thurmer will follow his Florida Fastpitch team’s strong showing in 2005 with a pitching staff of Darren Zack and Jamie Simpson and the hitting of Michael Brown and Boomer Brush. Dr. Larry Mastrogianakos is once again behind the scenes for this squad.
In last year’s tournament, Florida Fastpitch finished in the “Elite Eight”, knocking off the Hallman Twins from Canada, in a 12-9 slugfest, before falling to eventual 3rd place finisher, Mexicali, 2-0, just missing a spot in the Final Four. Skipper Steve Thurmer guided the Heflin-St. Louis team last year, which held a spot in ISC Ranking’s Top 10 all year long.
Their roster:
Mike Pullin
Steve Runnings
Chris White
Tommie Gray
Michael Brown
Brad Johnson
Steve Mitchell
Paul Lynch
Wayne Bryan
Boomer Brush
Darren Zack
Jamie Simpson
Larry Mastrogianakis
Chad Edwards
Jody Summerlin